ARROWHEADTHEWaukee High School

555 SE University Avenue, Waukee, IA 50263 Volume 20 • Issue 11 • April 28, 2015

Adam HensleyCaleb Andrews

Rain couldn’t keep the Warriors from showing of their speed and athletic abilities as the they took on the Blue Oval for the 106th running of the Drake Relays. Even in the rainy and cold conditions, Waukee managed to produce per-sonal bests from many of their athletes. Waukee started the relays off with Senior Nathan Keck in the high jump. Keck jumped �·�µ�DQG�ÀQLVKHG���WK�RXW�of 29 competitors. That is his season best, as Keck keeps on improving meet by meet. Friday began with win-QLQJ�WKH�ÀUVW�GUDNH�UHOD\V�ÁDJ�on the boys’ side. Senior Erik Nelson won the Discuss with a throw of 187 feet and 8 inch-es. Nelson beat second place by an astonishing 12 feet 1 inch. The next event of the day for Waukee was the 110 high KXUGOHV�SUHOLPV�DQG�ÀQDOV��where junior Nick Wessels TXDOLÀHG�IRU�WKH�ÀQDOV�DQG�ÀQ-ished 7th overall. Wessels ran ������WR�TXDOLI\�IRU�ÀQDOV�DQG�then ran 15.18 with stronger ZLQG�LQ�WKH�ÀQDOV�� Waukee knew they would have a target on their backs entering the 4x200 meter relay, Waukee won the event last year and had the op-portunity to become repeat champions. With an experi-enced team, seniors Pat Gray, Trevor Allen, Ross Vogel, and Koy Schneiter led the relay to D�WKLUG�SODFH�ÀQLVK�DQG�RQO\�RQH�VHFRQG�RII�RI�ÀUVW�DQG�second. If Waukee is known for one thing in the world of track and

ÀHOG�LW·V�WKHLU�6KXWWOH�+XUGOH�7KLV�year, Waukee again proved they are the team to beat running a 56.62 and earning \HW�DQRWKHU�GUDNH�UHOD\V�ÁDJ��With the relays coming to an end Waukee had one last chance to deliver yet another victory in the 4x400 and they gave the fans everything they had. The race came down to the wire with a tough Cedar Falls team but Gray was able to out lean them to win the UDFH�DQG�VHFXUH�WKH�ÀQDO�ÁDJ�of the relays.

In Iowa, not many high school sporting moments compare to running at the Drake Relays. The Blue oval, the roaring crowd, and the fast competition combine to form one of the most elec-trifying atmospheres in high school athletics. The girls’ track team brought their A-game to Drake, especially in their relay groups. Waukee’s 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 4x800, shuttle hurdle relay, and sprint med-ley all placed within the top four. The 4x100 (Mad-die Sehman, Gabi Gaines, Shaye Witte, Elma Vojic) and 4x200 (Gabi Gaines, Taylor Gates, Shaye Witte, Elma Vojic) placed second with times of 48.07 and 1:41.18, and broke school records. The shuttle hurdle relay (Hannah Schau, Lauren Nelson, Mary Kate Gray, Danielle Modrell) ÀQLVKHG�ÀUVW�ZLWK�D�WLPH�RI�1:03.55. Gaines holds this year’s relays near and dear to her. “It’s an amazing feeling [to set two school records],” she said,

“especially since it’s my senior year.” In individual events, Erika Lewis ran a 2:12.38 in the 800 meter run, placing third at Drake, but also moving her to second all time on the all-time list at Waukee. Also running in the 800 was Lily Campbell (2:17.08). She placed 11th at the relays, but her time moved her up to fourth all-time at Waukee. Junior Rachel Brush broke her own school record in the 3000 meter run (10:17.99) and ÀQLVKHG���WK�RYHUDOO�DW�WKH�relays (Brush also ran the 1500 PHWHU�UXQ�DQG�ÀQLVKHG�LQ���WK�place with a time of 4:53.20). “It was a great feeling,” Brush said regarding her improve-ment on Waukee’s record, “because it let me know that all my hard work in the season and offseason had really paid off.” Lewis boosted her Drake credentials by coming in third place in the 400 meter hurdles. Her time of 63.23 set a new Waukee record. “I’ve been working on that record since my freshman year,” Lewis explained. “Going into 'UDNH��,�EULHÁ\�WKRXJKW�¶ZRZ�,�could actually do it this time,’ but didn’t really think about LW�XQWLO�,�FURVVHG�WKH�ÀQLVK�OLQH�and saw my time. After that I couldn’t stop smiling.” Other events: 100 meter run (Vojic, fourth place at Drake, 12.30 time), 100 meter hurdles (Schau, 15th, 16.02. Modrell, 27th, 16.42), long jump (Meaghan Jerrard, 9th, 17 feet 1 and ¾ inches. Witte, 21st, 15 feet 6 and ½ inches), discus (Lindy Jones, 18th, 116 feet and 7 inches).

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Big Days at the Blue Oval

A PASSING THE BATON

Mariah Prendergast

The futureAs the 2014-2015 school year comes to an end, Publisher Lauren Vespa and Editor Mariah Prendergast have fully relinquished their SRZHU�WR�XV�IRU�WKLV�HGLWLRQ�RI�7KH�$UURZKHDG�DQG�EH\RQG��$V�QHZ�ÀJXUHV�WDNLQJ�RYHU�WKHVH�SRVLWLRQV��UHDGHUV�FDQ�H[SHFW�PDQ\�changes to The Arrowhead, including rebranding, as seen on the masthead. Although we produced this edition, it represents only a scratch on the surface of the changes we’re hoping to make next school year.

We hope that with our power we can more effectively push new content out to the students of Waukee and improve their con-sciousness of the environment around them. This includes the full utilization of our online platform www.waukeearrowhead.com, which will be overlooked by Ellie Drees, our web editor.

With a new staff assembled for next year, we are excited to take on this big project, and can’t wait to authentically capture life here at Waukee High School. We hope you’re ready to take on this adventure with us. This is The Arrowhead. This is our voice. Sincerely,

Vivian LePublisher

Analese HauberPrint Editor

Lauren Vespa

Being the web editor next year, I hope to make the web a part of students’ lives. I want to push and market the web because we have valuable content that people often overlook.

With the help from Vivian, we will do our best to make the web more accessible for readers and keep The Arrowhead relevant in this ever-changing, technology-driven society. We hope you will enjoy the content pushed out through the web next year. Keep your eyes pealed on waukeearrowhead.com.

Analese Hauber

A new publications team is taking over. I have been given the amazing opportunity to have main-tained an editorial position within publications all three years of high school, and I would not trade it for the world. I have learned so many new things while forging so many new relationships.

Publications is where I found my home away from home, and I can only hope every one of you had the same feeling in a different organization around the high school. However, as a senior, it is time to “pass the baton,” if you will. I have no doubts whatsoever that the new team will carry on the same,

if not better, the tradition of The Arrowhead newspaper. To Vivian, Analese, and Ellie: good luck. To the rest of Waukee and my amazing publications staff: thank you.

Consistent with every other aspect of our lives, The Arrowhead newspaper is experiencing both an end as well as a beginning. While Lauren, Adam, and I are stepping aside and continuing our journeys in various directions, the new editors are certainly pre-pared to continue printing quality papers for the students and faculty of Waukee High School.

Despite how often I have claimed I am ready to leave, despite how often I have wished I was already in the midst of the future that lies ahead of me, I will miss this school. Most importantly, I will miss the incredible publications team and the pride I feel each time I am involved in printing an edition of the Arrowhead.

Good luck, Vivian, Analese, and Ellie. I know you will only continue to shoot the Arrowhead forward.

Lauren VespaPublisher

Mariah PrendergastPrint Editor

Ellie DreesEllie DreesWeb Editor

Looking back on my high school career, one class that will always hold a special place in my heart is publications. Writing for the newspaper turned from something I wasn’t too sure about to something I crave; it’s where I found what I want to do with my future.

Publications is a class where you make connections with people throughout the community, whether that is in the school or in the dis-trict. I would never have became acquainted with, let alone talk to many different people, all special to Waukee in their own ways.

This class is like one big family. We laugh, argue, and have fun together. Everyone is close, and that is just one reason this class is so different from all the others offered at the high school.

I would like to thank Mr. Peterson for being a mentor to me in publications. I once saw him as just another teacher at Waukee, but DIWHU�P\�ÀUVW�GD\�RI�FODVV�ZLWK�KLP��,�NQHZ�KH�ZDV�GLIIHUHQW�WKDQ�WKH�UHVW��1RZ��,�VHH�KLP�DV�RQH�RI�WKH�PRVW�LQÁXHQWLDO�SHRSOH�,�NQRZ��he helped stoke the burning passion I have for journalism.

I will always keep publications close to me as I continue on into college, and I wish the best of luck to those taking over next year. It’s been a good ride.

Adam HensleyAdam HensleyWeb Editor

Lollipop Moments The small gesture, a smile on a bad day, a compli-ment when insecurity seems to overcome, a simple MRNH��WKHVH�PRPHQWV��DV�GHÀQHG�E\�7('�VSHDNHU�'UHZ�'XGOH\��DUH�NQRZQ�DV�¶OROOLSRS�PRPHQWV�·�(YHU\RQH�has been on one end or the other of a lollipop PRPHQW��7KH\�DUH�WKH�PRPHQWV�WKDW�VLJQLÀFDQWO\�make an impact on someone’s day or life without acknowledgement or realization. A few Waukee students open up and share about a time they ex-perienced a lollipop moment.

Junior Elliot Nong was once walking in the hall, like any other day, when a guy with a box of donuts, who he does not remem-ber the name of, gave him a donut after he jokingly asked if he could have one. Nong shared his story with a smile on his face as he remem-bered the encounter.

Junior Bailey Legleiter was on the giving end of a lollipop moment. One day, Legleiter was in line waiting to check out for lunch when she re-alized the person before her was short on cash. Legleiter came to the rescue with some change to help the student pay.

“They looked really excited,” Legleiter shared.

Everyone has experienced a lollipop moment. It can be as simple as paying someone a compli-ment, asking if someone is okay when they are feeling down, or just saying hello. It doesn’t have to be a grand gesture, just one that shows apprecia-tion. Lollipop Moments make life for the giving and receiving end a little bit sweeter.

When thinking about lunch at Waukee High School a few things come to mind: the cheesy pizza, the warm chili, and Stacy. Lunch lady Stacy Tharp has made herself known in the high school for many things: her positive at-titude, her warming smile, and

primarily, her amazing abil-ity to memorize everyone’s name that comes through her line. “Oh, kid’s let me know [how popular] I am,” she smiled. Tharp explained “I don’t really know everyone’s name. That’s a misconcep-tion. I’m really not good with names.” Some people may write QDPHV�RQ�D�ÁDVKFDUG�DQG�study them, others may look at pictures to remember the

endless sea of students at Waukee. So, just how does Tharp memorize everyone’s name? “I don’t really know,” Tharp claims. “I guess I’m a visual learner. So, when a student puts in their number, a name comes up [and] I think of things that would resemble them, whether it be family or other students, little things to make that link.” On top of the returning enrolled students, an average of about 100 new students enroll each year at Waukee High School, but even that doesn’t seem to phase Tharp. “If they’re new in the middle of the school year, I recognize them pretty quick because they’re a new face I haven’t seen before. I try hard to remember them, to make them feel welcome,” Tharp stated. Tharp has been working at Waukee High School since 2007. Debbie Durant, the Nutrition Supervisor, has known Tharp for two years. Durant beams about Tharp , “[She’s] very organized, a great worker, team player, and a good motivator.” Durant has worked along side Tharp and admits “ I have no idea how she knows everyone’s name! If she doesn’t know their name she’ll stop them DQG�VKH·OO�ÀJXUH�RXW�KRZ�WR�

Staff Spotlight: Stacey TharpSURQRXQFH�LW��>ÀQG�RXW@�ZKHUH�they’re from, and their history, and it’s funny.” The Arrowhead staff did some research on just how many names Tharp has memorized in a normal school day. For 2014-2015 year, ap-proximately 1,560 student’s are enrolled at Waukee High School. If Tharp knows all the names in her line and 40 student’s go through her line during just one lunch out the four everyday, Tharp recalls approximately 160 student’s a day.

Tharp explained, “For the most part, the kids are friend-ly and courteous.” It may be hard to imagine building a re-lationship with someone seen for only a few seconds during the day when going through the lunch line, but so much more than pizza and chicken come from Tharp’s line. Stu-dents at lunch can always count on Tharp for a warm smile and a quick hello.

Sophomore Anakin Nuzum expressed his gratitude for junior Brianna Franze, who went to Waukee Homecoming and the Friendship Ball with him. Franze also invited him to her birthday party at the bowling alley, mak-ing Nuzum happier and his days brighter, through her kind acts of friendship.

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Emma Lyon

Wauk the HallsSophomores at Prom

Sophomores. Their year as the babies of the building is coming to an end, but not ZLWKRXW�D�FRXSOH�ÀQDO�VKRWV�from the upperclassmen. Waukee’s junior/senior Prom only permitted sophomores if an upperclassman brought them as a date. Months before most people even started thinking about Prom, sophomores were already scouring the halls for eligible bachelors and bachelorettes. Typically, upperclassmen la-dies are none too pleased to see the sophomores roaming the halls of the Iowa Events Center adorned in elegant dresses. Hoping to either prove or disprove their own stereotypes, The Arrowhead took to the halls and asked upperclassmen for their opin-ions on sophomores’ pres-ence at Prom.

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Tiny but MightyAnna Rhodes

With the world’s population growing at a 1.14% rate, the world population will rise to eight billion by spring of 2024 (peakoil.com), and hunger will become a major cause of death. 805 million already suffer from malnutrition (wfp.org). A solution is long overdue. Thankfully, students like juniors Mackenzie Cirksena, Stephanie Krogh, and Samantha Graham have taken VWHSV�WR�ÀQG�D�UHOLHYLQJ�HQG�WR�WKLV�SRWHQWLDO�FDWDVWUR-phe. All three students participated in the World Food Prize and submitted their own solutions to the dilemma. According to Cirksena, there are three sections of applying for the World Food Prize youth program. ´7KH�ÀUVW�LV�WR�ZULWH�DQ�HVVD\��\RX�choose a country, problem, and factor on the WFP website) and then submit it through email with your parents and a teacher you’ve chosen to help represent you and help you through the writing process.” The last step is to attend the Iowa Youth Institute in Ames where applicants meet experts LQ�WKHLU�ÀHOG�RI�LQWHUHVW�IRU�UH-ceiving feedback. The goal of the World Food Prize is to feed nine billion people by the year 2050. “After you submit [the essay] you go to the Iowa Youth Institute at Iowa State and there you get to meet experts in \RXU�ÀHOGV�RI�LQWHUHVWV�DQG�you get feedback on your research essay,” Cirksena described the process. Last year, Graham and Krogh participated in 2014 World Food Prize. Graham chose Peru for her country and the malnu-trition problem that it has. Peru has previously placed a EDQ�RQ�JHQHWLFDOO\�PRGLÀHG�organisms, which their poor quality soil needs to grow any crop. “The essay was a huge undertaking; it’s six pages, 11 point font, and singled spaced,” Graham stated. Krogh wrote her proposition about the water crisis in Somalia. “Since their main water sources are both evaporating and other-wise depleting because of how many people in multiple countries have to share it, many go without drinking water,” Krogh revealed. Not only do Somalians dehy-drate, but their agriculture suf-fers as well. Krogh suggested to dig wells, she reasoned, “So that it’s not such a long distance between the water and the people.” She also added that irriga-tion would effectively trans-port the vital, clear liquid. This year, Cirksena entered her essay about sustain-able agriculture in South Africa. “My passion is about the hunger and how people survive,” Cirksena stated. Cirksena has received many internship offers for the summer before college. She also has received recom-mendation letters and a scholarship. “Being a part of the WFP has not only changed the way I live on a daily basis, but it changed the way I think when it comes to solving problems,” Cirksena reminisced, “You learn so much and you make friendships.”

Waukee’s Wonder KidAndrea Poppinga

Within every school lies talented students that are destined for a very bright future. Although Waukee has a countless amount of students with extreme talent, one student in par-ticular has risen to the top. Junior Ian Coon has been a staple name in the Waukee school district since he was in the eighth grade. CAPS teacher Michelle Hill explained, “Ian tirelessly strives to be better and encourages others around him to do the same. He leads by example and tirelessly manages his academics, extracurric-XODUV��D�MRE��D�QRQ�SURÀW��LQ�DGGLWLRQ�

to his community work and support of others.”

Coon explained, “I start-ed by seeing an issue or something that bugged me, and trying anything ,�FRXOG�GR�WR�À[�LW�µ�&RRQ·V�ÀUVW�SURMHFW�started at Prairieview, when he noticed that when students walked into the building, they did not feel like they were attending a welcoming school

atmosphere, but rather some sort of an institu-

tion. He made a video highlighting the positive

aspects of Prairieview, along with the things that could

be improved upon. Although there was a lack of feedback from the video, Coon contin-ued to participate in school improvement projects, as well as other projects throughout the district. These days Coon doesn’t ÀQG�PXFK�IUHH�WLPH�LQ�KLV�busy schedule. Coon stated, ´,��KDYH�VWDUWHG�D�QRQ�SURÀW�

organization that has held two conferences at Waukee for

students across the state.” Many students may not be aware, but

Coon had a large part in the stu-dent team that planned and imple-mented the Waukee CAPS program. On top of this, he recently was en-tered as a contestant, and won, the Quasar award from the Des Moines Register. This award recognizes stu-dents in the Des Moines area that are involved in the community and setting a positive example for others.

Coon’s future is bright, even though he is unsure of ex-

actly what he wants to do as a career. Coon knows he has a passion IRU�VRPHWKLQJ�LQ�WKH�ÀHOG�

of education and schools. He explained, “If there was a

job of culture development, multi-media technology implementation, and innovative teaching methods in a school setting, it would have my name all over it.” Coon looks forward to what the future has in store for him within- but not limited to- the Wau-kee district.

Hope For the Future

25Things You didn’t know about Alex PeraltaClaire Simmons

1. “No, I didn’t cross the bor-der.”2. “My mom still buys my un-derwear.”�� “I didn’t learn to tie my shoes until I was 11 years old.”�� “I used to collect book-marks.”5. “I crashed my car twice last month.”6. “Ellen and I are best friends.”7. “I have A LOT of cousins (Hispanics like to procreate).”8. “¶+LSV�'RQ·W�/LH·�LV�P\�JXLOW\�pleasure.”9. “I’m Jewish.”��� “Number 9 isn’t a lie.”11. “I’ve eaten guinea pig.”12. “I’ve killed more pets than you can count on your hand (on accident).”����´Find my mixtape on 6RXQG&ORXG��LW·V�VWUDLJKW�ÀUH�µ

��� “In 8th grade I broke my knee jumping off 3 stairs.”15. “I’m scared of clowns.”16. “I never got a quincean-era.”17. “When I was 3 years old I burned my hand on an iron.”18. “I have a birthmark that looks like a semicolon.”19. “Titanic makes me cry.”��� “I’m allergic to dust.”21. “I believe that chicken nuggets make everything bet-ter.”22. “In 2005, I thought I was the Hispanic equivalent to Troy Bolton.”��� “I’m the Kim Jong-Un at volleyball.”��� “I HATE ice.”25. “If I win prom king, the whole school gets a lifetime supply of tacos.”

A moment with Paul Evan BeckerMady Adams

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A: “I was born in Hessen, near Frankfurt. I live in Leipzig, which is 1 and 1/2 hours from Berlin.”

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Q: “ What are some of the PRVW�LQWHUHVWLQJ�TXHVWLRQV�SHRSOH�KDYH�DVNHG�\RX�DERXW�Germany?”

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A: “My best friend Alex Per-alta.” Becker explained that before coming to America he did not have as much of an interest in photography, but did like it. “I didn’t drive plac-es to take pictures,” explained Becker.

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A: “ I like music, art, photogra-phy... because I can express

myself and express my feel-ings. It says things that aren’t describable in words. It’s un-derstandable and never gets boring.”

Q: “What are some differ-HQFHV�\RX·YH�VHHQ�EHWZHHQ�Germany and America?”

A: “School here is easy. In Germany you can’t choose any classes and they are all AP, all classes are so hard.” Becker shared that he notices students complaining a lot about classes that he does not even have the oppor-tunity to take in Germany. Becker also explained, “Peo-ple don’t listen to the radio in Germany.” He also shared his disapproval for anything Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber. Becker explained that people

develop more of their own taste of music in Germany. Becker also shared, “There is QR�1HWÁL[�LQ�*HUPDQ\�µ 4��´:KDW�ZRXOG�\RX�OLNH�WR�WHOO�VWXGHQWV�DW�:DXNHH�+LJK�School?”

A: “School here is easy, enjoy yourself.”“People don’t get to know me. People think i’m scary. People should be more open.”“Travel.”

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Fight of the CenturyDillon Waskow

A long awaited, highly an-ticipated boxing match that, for years has been brought XS��ZLOO�ÀQDOO\�WDNH�SODFH�DW�the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Satur-day, May 2nd. The match will be fought between an unde-feated Floyd “Money” May-weather, and 8-division world champion Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao. Expected to be the PRVW�H[SHQVLYH�ÀJKW�LQ�ER[LQJ�history, it holds an estimated $300 million price tag. Over the past few years, talk has been brought up of a possible Mayweather-Pacquiao match up, but has QHYHU�EHHQ�ÀQDOL]HG�GXH�to disagreements including purse split, drug testing, and the location. In 2012, ESPN reported a phone call between May-weather and Pacquiao was made in attempt of an agree-ment. “He ask about a 50/50 split and I told him no that can’t happen, but what can happen is you can make PRUH�PRQH\�ÀJKWLQJ�PH�WKDQ�you have made in your ca-reer,” Mayweather said, who UHWXUQHG�DQ�RIIHU�RI�D�ÁDW�IHH�

of $40 million, which would not include revenue from the ÀJKW��3DFTXLDR�UHIXVHG�WR�DF-cept his offer and the nego-tiations ended. Then, in late December 2014, Mayweather made a proposal for a May 2nd, 2015 ÀJKW��&LWLQJ�KLV�IUXVWUDWLRQ�over the failure to make a deal happen in the past, and Pacquiao “not on his level,” Mayweather made the deci-sion to, one last time, offer up D�ÀJKW�WKDW�FRXOG�ODQG�ERWK�ÀJKWHUV�ZLWK�RYHU������PLO-OLRQ�ZKHQ�WKH�ÀQDO�EHOO�ULQJV��Although it might have taken

VRPH�WLPH�WR�ÀJXUH�RXW��WKH�ÀJKW�ZDV�ÀQDOL]HG�DW�ODVW��DQG�will air on Showtime/HBO’s pay-per-view channels. This will be one of the most VLJQLÀFDQW�ÀJKWV�LQ�ER[LQJ�KLV-tory, given the bill name “Fight of the Century.” Not only is this ÀJKW�IHDWXULQJ�DUJXDEO\�WKH�WZR�EHVW�ÀJKWHUV�RI�WKH�GH-cade, Mayweather’s unde-feated “47-0” record could possibly come to an end. In Mayweather’s 18 years of SURIHVVLRQDO�ÀJKWLQJ��KH�KDV�never lost a match, with over half of the results ending in a knockout.

Both sides were asked what would result from a pos-sible Mayweather loss, and a difference in opinions was quite obvious. Mayweather Sr., the father (and corner-man) of the undefeated boxer didn’t show much worry. “I would continue to be myself… I have to say it would shock the [expletive] out of me… But you’ve still got to live on, man.” However, Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s personal trainer didn’t think it would be that easy. “His whole identity is that zero… I don’t know how he would come back from that.” For the two boxers, the outcome is within their reach, literally, and with a guaran-teed $100 million going to each pocket, so is a record setting amount of wealth. For Mayweather, an undefeated title is on the line; for Pac-quiao, it’s the opportunity to end an era of boxing. Needless to say, this is a FDQ·W�PLVV�ÀJKW�IRU�VSRUW�fanatics.

Floyd Mayweather (left), and Manny Pacqiuao (right)

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